Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 34

Ref. 6284 ?Fantasie? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer?, Ref. 6284. Made in 1953. Fine center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with ?fantasie? bezel.

HKD 14,000 - 18,000

USD 1,800 - 2,300 / EUR 1,500 - 2,000

Sold: HKD 24,780

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, 12 facet bezel. D. Silver with etched dart indexes and Arabic quarters, outer minute/seconds divisions, luminous dots. Luminous steel hands. M. Cal. 645, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Superbalance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-32*

Good

Slightly restored

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-35-01

Good

To be restored

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001, p. 198. For another similar watch, see the ?The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wristwatches?, lot 178. This watch bears a very unusual bezel, referred to as ?fantasie? in the Rolex workshop manual.